About millets and beans, words and genes

Martine Robbeets, Chuan-Chao Wang
2020 Evolutionary Human Sciences  
In this special collection, we address the origin and dispersal of the Transeurasian languages, i.e. Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Our key objective is to effectively synthesize linguistic, archaeological and genetic evidence in a single approach, for which we use the term 'triangulation'. The 10 articles collected in this volume contribute to the question of whether and to what extent the early spread of Transeurasian languages was
more » ... en by agriculture in general, and by economic reliance on millet cultivation in particular.
doi:10.1017/ehs.2020.33 pmid:37588388 pmcid:PMC10427487 fatcat:e3mv3nma4rai7mj4owpw7ihsyq